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   Philip, Nov 30th, 2005 @ 1:18pm

   
   

   Bound by a patent?

   1-click is a neat idea. Why does it have to be bound by a patent preventing anybody else from using it? /sigh

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   Aaron Friel, Nov 30th, 2005 @ 1:24pm

   
   

   Re: Bound by a patent?

   Just wait until I unleash my zero-click patent on the world. You only have to look at the item and it's charged to your credit card.

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   dude, Nov 30th, 2005 @ 1:31pm

   
   

   No Subject Given

   I hate Amazon.com, Bezos and his patents, but 1-click patent is actually a *good* patent in comparison
   to many other patents issued by the PTO to MicroShit and other corps.
   It is a rather clever use of cookies - a concept they didn't invent but found a good e-commerce use for.
   PTO needs some serious quality reforms, but not along the lines most people here are thinking
   ("Kill patent trolls")
   Ideally each issued patent should be a valid patent describing a novel and non-obvious invention, and it should not matter who enforces this patent - an actual manufactirer or patent troll who bought it from original inventor and thus compensated inventor for the effort.
   

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   Gyrofly, Nov 30th, 2005 @ 1:53pm

   
   

   Frustrating

   It seems stupid that patents like this are allowed to exist. It's like the "Buy Now" on Ebay ...

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   Josh Tomaino, Nov 30th, 2005 @ 2:05pm

   
   

   Patent Office

   1-click patent? Why not patent the task bar while we're at it? Is tabbed browsing patented? Someone should warn Mozilla and other browsers. 1 Click.. does this apply only to "left click" or "right click"? What about the middle mouse button? I bet that could have a 1-click patent assigned to it.

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   Jared Anderson, Nov 30th, 2005 @ 2:20pm

   
   

   Haa Wtf?

   You are not serious,the "Buy Now" button on Ebay is patented?

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   peter, Nov 30th, 2005 @ 3:14pm

   
   

   dumb idea

   Personally I think one-click ordering is a bad idea anyway. One can inadvertantly order something that they don't want. It's a hassle to send it back, and even more of a hassle to get your money back.

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   AngloAfro, Nov 30th, 2005 @ 5:22pm

   
   

   Re: dumb idea

   obviously you have NEVER looked at the patent. It's not one click and your screwed, think of it more as an email verification ordering system. You click "Order Now" on a website and amazon sends you an email confirming your order, you click confirm and your order is fulfilled. It's actually two clicks, but whatever, by validating to your email account you have the extra layer of security and you don't have to type in all of your payment option information every time you order a product. Yes it's very retarded to be patentable, but so are most of the comments about right mouse button clicking, inadvertant orders and zero click ordering.

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   Saucy Del Mar, Nov 30th, 2005 @ 7:53pm

   
   

   1-click

   what about 2-click ordering, does that have a patent yet? 3-click..
   
   how about the 1-click submit button I am about to use to post this comment.

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    Bill Hudstell, Dec 4th, 2005 @ 9:15am

    
    

    Re: Bound by a patent?

    Bahahahahaha!

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